Low Carbon Materials

What an incredible opportunity to attend the Earthshot Prize final in Singapore.

Being a finalist last year has played an invaluable role in scaling our solution to decarbonise the construction sector.

Good luck tonight to all the finalists!

⬇️ We went to and…

🔸 Engaged with key stakeholders and industry leaders on the upcoming decarbonisation challenges the sector will face.

🔸 Discussed our carbon negative aggregate OSTO® and how it can help the sector reach net zero.

📣 It was great to see net zero being given such a prominent platform at the UK’s largest built environment event.

🎯 As net zero goals in the UK and throughout Europe get closer to their deadlines, decarbonisation across the economy is becoming more urgent.

🧱 OSTO® is a carbon-negative lightweight aggregate that can be incorporated into a variety of concrete applications to lower its carbon emissions.

🏗️ OSTO® is a direct replacement for traditional lightweight aggregates and can be seamlessly incorporated into the production process of concrete applications.

🌍 The second annual Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit is taking place today in New York! 🌍

🔵 Bloomberg Philanthropies and The Earthshot Prize are hosting the Summit, which aims to accelerate investment into cutting-edge solutions that are helping to protect our planet.

👤Our CEO and Co-founder Natasha Boulding is at the event as an invited speaker and will be sharing our work combating climate change through material innovation.

Natasha is in good company, with notable speakers including Prince William, Mike Bloomberg, Jacinda Ardern and Bill Gates.

🚧 Join our team and help make net-zero construction a reality.

📣 We are hiring an R&D Technologist to help us develop new science-led innovations for the built environment.

⚡ We are looking for someone who is passionate about technology's potential to drive sustainable change and wants to craft solutions that address climate issues.

⬇️ Your work will involve:

🔸 Developing new products using strong technical skills with a scientific approach.
🔸 Performing materials testing and experimentation.
🔸Ensuring the proper maintenance, calibration, and cleanliness of laboratory equipment.
🔸 Generating comprehensive reports to support project management and decision-making.
🔸 Actively engaging in technical meetings and discussions.

​​➡️ Read the full job description by following the link in our bio now!

🚧 Join our team and help make net-zero construction a reality.

📣 We are hiring an R&D Scientist to help us develop new science-led innovations for the built environment.

⚡ We are looking for someone who is passionate about technology's potential to drive sustainable change and wants to craft solutions that address climate issues.

⬇️ Your work will involve:

🔸 Developing new products using strong technical skills with a scientific approach.
🔸 Performing materials testing and experimentation.
🔸Generating comprehensive reports to support project management and decision-making.
🔸 Actively engaging in technical meetings and discussions.

​​➡️ Read the full job description by following the link in our bio now!

🏁 And we're off! Join us today at Innovation Zero - stand F22 - to chat to our team and see OSTO®, our carbon-negative aggregate designed for net-zero blockwork.

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We are beyond proud to announce that Scott Bush and are two of this year’s innovators recognised by list.

They founded Low Carbon Materials (LCM) alongside Phil Buckley to make a tangible difference to help save the planet.

Starting out as scientists at Durham University, they set out to tackle the biggest challenges to reducing climate change.

As a group of PhD students studying materials chemistry they settled on the world’s most used man-made material, concrete, which causes up to 8% of global carbon emissions.

The journey from academic scientists to finalists has been challenging but rewarding.

This year our award-winning carbon-negative concrete aggregate, OSTO®, will be launched onto the UK market in the next stage of our development.

OSTO has been designed to help the built environment lower the carbon footprint of key construction products and projects.

We’d also love to recognise our third Co-Founder Phil Buckley who at the ripe age of 30 (and a few months!) deserves all the recognition for his equal contribution with LCM.

Thank you to for highlighting our work - it means a huge amount.

We pride ourselves on our ability to innovate with purpose, our open-mindedness to new ideas and ways of thinking, our collaborative nature, and our ongoing positive impact on the environment. The contribution of the women in our team is invaluable to this vision.
We’re at Futurebuild during international women in construction week and today, on International Women’s Day.
Only 11% of people working in UK construction are women. But throughout the conference it’s been brilliant to see so many at the forefront of net zero innovation in the sector.

At LCM we know that having a range of people and experiences is needed for creating the curious teams that discover new ways to protect our planet.
We pride ourselves on our ability to innovate with purpose, our open-mindedness to new ideas and ways of thinking, our collaborative nature, and our ongoing positive impact on the environment. The contribution of the women in our team is invaluable to this vision.
We’re at Futurebuild during international women in construction week and today, on International Women’s Day.
Only 11% of people working in UK construction are women. But throughout the conference it’s been brilliant to see so many at the forefront of net zero innovation in the sector.

We’ll be at 2023 tomorrow! 📍Find us at stand Q15 in the innovation zone and stay tuned for coverage.

📢 New team member: Denis Smit, Commercial Manager ⬇️

With decades of commercial experience across a range of industries, a PhD from Cambridge University and a keen interest in sustainable construction, Denis brings a wealth of expertise and passion to Low Carbon Materials.

Over 30 years, he’s demonstrated his ability to deliver growth across various industries, including biotech, speciality chemicals and pharma.

Denis joins us with a focus on executing LCMs growth plans and working closely with stakeholders.

🧱Being a finalist for The Earthshot Prize is an independent verification from the highest authority that our product has the potential to help fix our planet...

The Earthshot Prize held its inaugural Retreat at Cumberland Lodge, where its 15 international finalists met for the first time.

The 5-day Retreat is part of the Earthshot Prizes' nine-month Fellowship Programme - a unique accelerator created by global design company IDEO.

The week was designed to help accelerate our solutions by unlocking new routes to market, accessing finance and building industry partnerships.

It was a huge privilege to have been surrounded by some of the world's most exciting climate saving solutions.

The week honed our approach going forward - tackling climate change one block at a time.

By creating products such as OSTO®, we are supporting the momentum of the construction industry towards a net-zero, decarbonised future.

Here's to the next nine months under the Fellowship Programme, shaping us as the construction sector partner of choice for low carbon materials.

🟢  Low Carbon Materials returns to Futurebuild this year to showcase our carbon negative concrete aggregate and speak on a BEIS panel ⬇️

📅 7 – 9 March 2023
📍 London's ExCeL - Stand Q15

The home of innovation for the sustainable built environment, FutureBuild brings together the brightest minds and innovators to transform the building industry. This year's exhibition sees 400 brands attending to showcase their net-zero solutions and over 15,000 visitors.

LCM will be exhibiting its The Earthshot Prize finalist product OSTO® at this year's FutureBuild in the Innovation Zone, stand Q15. A carbon-negative lightweight aggregate for concrete produced out of waste and by-products, X2.5 lighter than traditional mineral aggregates and thermally insulating - OSTO® significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions.

LCM CEO and Co-Founder Dr Natasha Boulding, will also be a speaker on the BEIS panel for the Insights from Energy Entrepreneurs Fund (EEF) event alongside Jonathan Brown BSc GradIEMA Solar Capture Technologies and Miriam Zachau Walker, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

⏰ 7 March at 11:30 - 12:15 
FutureX Stage
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💚 What an honour to spend yesterday with HRH the Prince of Wales discussing the urgent need for climate innovation!

We’re 1 of 15 finalists for this year’s Earthshot Prize, the world’s most prestigious environmental prize which is designed to discover, spotlight and scale ground breaking solutions to the worlds greatest challenges.

Our CEO Dr Natasha Boulding has spent this week at the Fellowship retreat. The fellowship is a nine month programme for finalists to accelerate our solutions.

🧱 We can’t wait to see the impact of scaling our carbon negative concrete solution for the built environment!

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The Times has kicked off our 2023 by highlighting Low Carbon Materials as one of three construction sector rising stars ⬇️

Concrete is the second most used material in the world after water.

It has allowed us to build at a speed and efficiency like never before.

Unfortunately, it also has a significant impact on the environment, generating 8% of global carbon(eq) emissions.

These emissions are part of the ‘embodied carbon’ footprint of a building- the GHG emissions caused by the materials and construction process.

Purpose-led product innovation is crucial to reducing this aspect of the construction sector’s environmental impact.

In 2023 we’ll be working with ambitious industry partners who are open to science-led innovation to swap to lower carbon materials for construction. Read the article ➡️ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rising-stars-three-fast-growing-construction-businesses-852q6v36t

🎉 After a brilliant year of demonstrator projects, funding rounds, team expansion and The Earthshot Prize we wanted to wish everyone a happy holiday and thank you for your support!

This year has been a game changer for with momentum for net zero innovation in the construction sector at an all time high.

We musn’t forget the challenges ahead of us, and we must all urgently support the vast array of solutions that are required to fix our climate. It’s an honour to be part of what the describes as ‘urgent optimism’.

Thank you for the ongoing support and interest, we’ll be back in the 2023 developing new solutions for the built environment, with no compromise to our planet.

Happy holidays! 🎄

Our 2022 highlights ⬇️

💡The Finalists: It was an honour to be a ‘Fix Our Climate’ finalist for the world’s biggest environmental prize, announced by His Royal Highness the

To have our low carbon concrete aggregate OSTO recognised as a scalable climate change solution on the world stage was game changing.

💡New groundbreaking facility: We moved into a new site with improved R&D facilities, increased production capacity and office space for our rapidly growing team. 

💡HOLCIM Accelerator runners up: LCM were one of nine global companies chosen for the international Holcim Accelerator 

After an intensive week of pitching and OSTO demonstrations in Lyon, we were selected as programme runners up. 

The accelerator included industry leading partnerships with , , and

💡Funding news: We announced our £1.9 million raise after a funding round led by the and supported by the BEIS EEF fund. 

💡Team Expansion: Our team has more than doubled in 2022 bringing new technical expertise and capacity for expansion. 

In 2023 we’ll continue developing new net zero solutions for the built environment and working with ambitious partners pioneering new science led product innovations.